Anek began his political life as an advisor to Marut Bunnag, the then Speaker of the House of Representatives and he participated in the founding King Prajadhipok's Institute. Later in the government of
Chavalit Yongchaiyudh was an advisor to
Chaturon Chaisang, Deputy Minister of Finance before becoming an advisor to
Sanan Kachornprasart, Minister of the Interior in the
Chuan Leekpai government. After that, he became active in the
Democrat Party until finally being the deputy leader of the party. Later, when Sanan conflict with Member of Chuan Leekpai in the party, he resigned from the Democratic Party to form the
Mahachon Party and assume the position of First party leader. In 2007, Anek joined with Pradit. Phatthaprasit established a new political party, the
Thais United National Development Party, but Anek resigned from that party the following year, and in 2018, Anek was a member and executive director of the
Action Coalition for Thailand. In 2020, he was appointed Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation in the government of
Prayut Chan-o-cha in the August Cabinet reshuffle. He announced his vision that soon Thailand will be the fifth nation in Asia to be able to produce
spacecraft and send it to orbit the Moon. It is expected that the process will take no more than seven years, and may involve cooperation and support from the people in raising funds. == Writing career ==